Pubs: Then & Now

The Pub is one of the few great cultural icons of Britain. We are currently in a phase where the future of the pub is in doubt. This blog shows how pubs have changed (or not) over the past 20 - 30 years. I first started taking pictures of pubs in 1986 and have amassed quite a collection. Most of these pubs are within easy walking distance of the English Canals and most are based in the Midlands. Apart from a (very) few, I have drunk in every pub pictured (and sometimes been drunk in them!)

Tuesday, 22 March 2016

#180 The Boat, Minworth, West Midlands : 1986 to 2015

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In the early 1980's The Boat was, technically, my local pub as I lived just around the corner in Minworth for a few months. It sits at ...
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Tuesday, 8 March 2016

#179 The Great Northern, Langley Mill, Derbyshire : 2009 to 2015

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Langley Mill is a small town at the current terminus of the Erewash Canal, which, until 2009, was a stretch of canal that we'd never ve...
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Saturday, 6 February 2016

#032 UPDATE Eagle & Tun, Digbeth : 1998 to 2016 (Back from the Grave!)

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When I first took a picture of this pub back in 1998 it was called the Cauliflower Ear and I'd never seen nor heard of it before. ...
Tuesday, 26 January 2016

#035 UPDATE Rose & Castle, Ansty, Warwickshire : 2000 to 2015

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When I reviewed our canal trips and my photos I was amazed to find that the first time we ever stopped at Ansty was in 2000, on a week lon...
Tuesday, 22 December 2015

#178 Cuttle Bridge Inn (aka The Kingsley), Kingsbury Road, Birmingham : 1998 to 2015

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The first time we moored at The Kingsley was on the evening of Tuesday 2nd September 1997 , but it was late, dark and the picture I do have...
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Thursday, 26 November 2015

#177 Fool's Nook, nr Macclesfield, Cheshire : 2000 to 2015 (RIP?)

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Until the past year or so the Macclesfield Canal was a rare treat for us, only to be considered if we were doing the mammoth trip to Manche...
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Tuesday, 10 November 2015

#176 Rose & Crown, Warwick : 1998 to 2014

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There are lots of pubs in Warwick and, on a short stop, we don't manage to get to all of them. However, in the summer of 1998 our boat ...
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